#herleads

[shadowbrn]

❝ am i a fantastic leader or what?! ❞

@herleads ( arizona ) liked for a grey's anatomy starter

[murkyhazed-is-archiving]

@herleads liked for a one liner dialogue featuring beth greene for maggie greene.

               ❝   they’re   all   gone   now.      there   is   no   chance   of   them   comin’   back.      how   am   i   supposed   to   be   OKAY,   maggie?   ❞

[m1kaelsons]

ㅤㅤ @herleads , angry kisses / from caroline .

ㅤㅤㅤㅤstanding in front of the fireplace , his gaze was locked on the crackling flames as his thoughts raced . never a dull moment in his mind , as per usual . the sound of the door opening easily travelled down the hall and to his ears , frame automatically tensing as a result . ' klaus ! ' her voice eased his tension a bit , part of him finding comfort in the familiarity of it - despite the seemingly angry tint . his name was repeated , but he didn't respond , letting her find him . she finally did , though accompanied by a huff . ' hello , caroline , ' he greeted calmly , finally turning to face her . ' is there something i can do for you ? ' there was a tense pause before she approached him , blonde locks dancing in a rather mesmerizing way as she closed the distance between them in a flurry of movement . he shifted as she crowded his space , certainly not against it but instinctively wary - people typically only got this close to harm him , after all . his lips parted in surprise when she pulled him down , only to be covered with her own . he remained frozen for a few heartbeats before responding , the mangled organ in his chest called a heart soaring as he returned the gesture . hands resting on her hip and the back of her head , he held her close . their lips parted only to come back together from a different angle , the heat of their bodies entwining as the same air filled their lungs . after what felt like a small eternity and yet still wasn't long enough , she finally pulled away , leaving him feeling almost bereft as he lingered near . the vulnerability of the unexpected moment left him feeling borderline uncomfortable , so he defaulted to his usual mask of arrogance , smirk cutting dimples into his cheeks . ' feeling pent up , love ? '

[nighthcwling]

☈ @herleads sent ; "can i stay the night ?" / bloom @ sky

was that even a question? of course she could - he was taken aback from her asking that he almost forgot to answer her. ❛ yes, absolutely. ❜ riven happened to be off doing what riven does best leaving his side of the dorm unoccupied and silent - ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇғᴜʟ ᴇᴠᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ. sky propped himself higher onto his pillows glancing down at bloom who was laying against his chest, ❛ just don't forget to tell the others, i don't need to get texts from terra or aisha questioning me if you've run away again. ❜ he teased.

he dragged his fingers aimlessly against her back, ᴀ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛᴀʀɪʟʏ ǫᴜɪᴇᴛ ғɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ - this was all he W A N T E D - to just exist with bloom without chaos. ❛ what do you want to do after you graduate alfea? ❜ he could have kicked himself for bringing up the topic, but part of him knew the conversation would one day need to be held. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴡᴀs ʜɪs ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴀs ʜᴇʀs ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ғɪʀsᴛ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ, ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ғᴀᴍɪʟʏ.

[danviers]

@herleads asked: “you’re doing so good.” / mags

As if in wordless retort, Alex's throat bobbed, her fingers curling into Maggie's back, the exhale she breathed catching on it's way out.

There was no recalling how long it'd been since they'd stumbled into bed together, the imminence of the end of their relationship looming too uncomfortably close and the warm tinge of woefully expensive tequila still so immediate on the flat of her tongue — but her thighs had begun to tense with the effort of brooking her partner's purposely slow pace, her apparent resolve to draw out every electric touch, every kiss, every toe - curling second; to prolong her squirming, pulsing pleasure with the draw - back of her hand and the motionless pressure of her fingers.

Everything, until the porcelain fragility of what certainly felt like their last night together ( and the illusion of painlessness, masked in the moment by want, by love that had never waned in the chasm - like stalemate they'd come to ) eventually shattered.

Whether or not Alex wanted it to be over was inconsequential; It was. Already had been, no matter how many times they'd tried to rehash the same ever - circling argument and talk through the same unsolvable quandary. ( No matter how many times Maggie had managed to drive her to the brink only to keep her there, flushed against the already kicked - aside sheets. ) " Mags, please. "

[murkyhazed-is-archiving]

@herleads cont. from here.

               they   were   out   at   a   small   diner   near   the   park,   for   once   doing   something   that   wasn’t   related   to   a   calling.      though   she   wants   to   help   her   brother,   dad,   and   aunt   survive   the   death   date,   it   can   be   exhausting   trying   to   figure   out   the   callings   when   you   yourself   don’t   get   them.      so   it   was   nice   to   be   outside   just   having   coffee   with   mick,   and   not   having   any   eight   two   eight   business   interfere   with   their   auntie   niece   time.      ❝   he   just   looks   so   shifty.      the   eyes,   it’s   like   he’s   waiting   for   someone   to   confront   him.      it’s   not   the   same   kind   of   fear   you’d   get   from   being   followed   when   you’re   innocent,   but   the   kind   that   has   some   guilty   notes   to   it.   ❞

[danviers]

@herleads asked: "i hope you find whatever it is you need." / maggie

" You too, " Alex breathed, plainly, softly: A simple admission of longing, unclouded by senseless ambiguity or senseless denial, no matter how she'd tried to set aside the relentless encroachment of drawn - out and preemptive grief and let Maggie go. But there was no discrediting that letting those words loose took everything she had — every inch of self - restraint in the face of the ring weighted in her palm, every iota of resistance against taking another swig of something strong from the liquor drawer to dull the suffocating, heavy throb ushered into the rhythm of her pulse by Maggie's watery - eyed glance.

Nor that simply existing in her soon to be ex - partner's presence, so perilously close to the brink of giving up everything they'd had, everything they'd ever built together, hurt more than maybe anything she'd ever known.

Wishing she'd been able to find what she needed with Maggie — a kid, everything that came with motherhood — was simply futile.

Rough with the afterburn of more than a few bittersweet mouthfuls of mezcal, Alex's murmur cut through the room without an iota of force, without a shred of anything but a wobbling, damp breath of apology, sorrow — and heart - wrenching acceptance. " I'm really going to miss you, Mags. "

[danviers]

With the immediacy of her denial ( that Kara still needed someone, still needed the family that'd once lifted her out of krypton's desolation and given her a home ) came an indominable shred of overwhelming, shame - stirring truth; That, in the shade of every once reluctant and then freely given piece of herself, every thing she'd ever willingly sacrificed for her little sister — every game night they'd shared, every moment Alex hadn't wanted to miss since before her own double life shrouded in DEO fatigues had been revealed — Maggie's point wasn't completely baseless.

And yet, while Kara had always come first, that she needed them both ought to have gone without saying.

" I know, " she ceded, softly, the measure of her exhale tight with a sudden surge of self - reproach, of self - consciousness. " My sister has always been my priority. But I never meant to make you feel that way. "

@herleads / cont.